Details for: PI 103491, Carissa spinarum L., TARS 2526

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Carissa spinarum L.

Top Name:

TARS 2526

Origin:

Donated – Michigan, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Jul 1933

PI Assigned:

1933

Inventory Volume:

116
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Availability

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Cutting	1 count		TARS 2526 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Carissa spinarum L.

Top Name:

TARS 2526

Origin:

Donated – Michigan, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

Jul 1933

PI Assigned:

1933

Source History

Donated

08 July 1933.
Michigan, United States

Donor(s):

Koelz, W., University of Michigan

27 January 1936.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

U.S. Plant Introduction Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

TARS 2526

Type: Site identifier

Group: MISC.TARS

MIA 8645

Type: Inventory

Narrative

"A spiny suberect evergreen shrub 6 ft. high, native to the lower slopes of the Himalayas in India. The elliptic-ovate leathery leaves are 1 to 2 in. and the white tubular fragrant flowers, 1/2 in. long, are abundantly borne in terminal cymes. The subglobose black fruits are 1/4 in. in diameter and are said to be edible. It is used for forage, it is also trimmed and used for hedges of specimen plants as ornamentals." B.P.I. Inventories No. 116

Carissa spinarum L.

Genus:

Carissa

Family:

Apocynaceae

Subfamily:

Rauvolfioideae

Tribe:

Carisseae

Nomen number:

9166

Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 2:559. 1771

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/06/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carissa brownii F. Muell.
Carissa congesta Wight
Carissa diffusa Roxb.
Carissa edulis Vahl
Carissa opaca Stapf ex Haines
Carissa ovata R. Br.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	carandas-plum		as Carissa edulis	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Carissa edulis
English	currentbush		as Carissa ovata	1	Botanic Gardens Trust. New South Wales flora online, PlantNET (on-line resource). Note: as Carissa ovata
English	Egyptian carissa		as Carissa edulis	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Carissa edulis
English	kunkerberry		as Carissa ovata	1	Botanic Gardens Trust. New South Wales flora online, PlantNET (on-line resource). Note: as Carissa ovata
Chinese	jia hu ci	假虎刺		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Chinese	tian jia hu ci	甜假虎刺	as Carissa edulis	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
German	Karanda-Pflaume		as Carissa edulis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1279. Note: as Carissa edulis
Spanish	ciruela de Natal		as Carissa edulis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Carissa edulis

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